The Ultimate Villain Tournament is a bracket style competition that pits movie villain against movie villain. Trunchbull from Matilda vs. Agent Smith from The Martix. Which baddie would be able to pull off his/her villainous scheme? Take a look at our character breakdowns and tell us who you think is the bigger threat.
Some people enter the education profession because they love children. It’s fair to say Agatha Trunchbull is not such a creature, as she’d rather torture and abuse the children in her charge until they’re neither seen nor heard. She’s ferociously strong, having thrown the hammer in the 1972 Olympics, and isn’t above using the same sort of abuse on little girls with pigtails.
Strengths: Her immense strength makes Miss Trunchbull a formidable opponent, and she has some innovative punishments for disobedient children, involving a crude iron maiden known as The Chokey, or a giant chocolate cake.
Weaknesses: She has been known to unwittingly exacerbate magical powers in tormented children, and she’s powerless against newts, giant spinning globes and, somewhat understandably, the ghost of her brother, whom she killed in order to claim his house.
Cool. Calm. Powerful. These are only a few words that describe Agent Smith. On top of being equipped with extraordinary reflexes in hand to hand combat, Smith can take his opponent and morph them into a clone of himself, absorbing all their memories and abilities. Agent Smith can definitely go the distance in the tournament, but whatever you do, don’t mention Mr. Anderson, he’s still pretty sensitive about that.
Strengths: Fast; skilled in various forms of fighting; Has the ability to clone himself
Weaknesses: As he absorbs more people he becomes more unhinged, shedding off that cool demeanor he’s known for.
